Antonyms for railed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : reyl
Phonetic Transcription : reɪl


Definition of railed

Origin :
  • "horizontal bar passing from one post or support to another," c.1300, from Old French reille "bolt, bar," from Vulgar Latin *regla, from Latin regula "straight stick," diminutive form related to regere "to straighten, guide" (see regal). Used figuratively for thinness from 1872. To be off the rails in a figurative sense is from 1848, an image from the railroads. In U.S. use, "A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing" [Webster, 1830].
  • verb criticize harshly
Example sentences :
  • He could have raged and railed against his fate like any madman.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • There was a broad avenue, bordered by railed tombs, leading to the church-door.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Was she the same girl who had railed so bitterly against Anthony's profession?
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • Was not his common talk, When the knaves have railed their fill, then will they hold their peace?'
  • Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes
  • I railed at them for a couple of minutes, but it was mostly unfair.
  • Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker
  • He was as well off as if Mr. James Grandon were alive, and he had not railed at fate then.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • She had been railed at and scolded as never goddess was scolded before.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
  • Finally, I railed at Providence for ever having let me see such ignominy.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He never married again; and railed on all womankind for this one.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 » by Various
  • They questioned him, gibed him, railed at him, but they got no word in reply.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 » by Elbert Hubbard

Synonyms for railed

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